southsideirish

You said it all. Next year. We need someone now. When evaluating this trade, if you give up all that JUST for a rent a player, then that is way too much.

I think we could also use his left handed bat in our lineup. I am not sure how much he is going to play but he will make Greg Walker earn his paycheck. .091 is atrocious. He was a big time prospect with SD a while back and sometimes it takes catchers a while to put things together, so maybe we have somethjing here. The Cubs' Michael Barrett is a good example of that. He is 27 and is having a break out yeat offensively, however he is still not very good defensively. Hopefully Davis can become a .260 hitter with 20 HR potential. I could live with that from a very good defensive catcher.

He has a great arm. He threw out about 31 or 32 percent of those who tried to run on him. He is supposed to be a very good defensive catcher.

Hey Brando I thought the Cubs' pitching was going to shut us down and we were going to get killed by the Cubs. I remember reading something like this a while back that you wrote. What happened?

The hard on for Borchard is because he is the only left handed hitter in our system with power. Reed is maybe Mark Kotsay, maybe less, but nothing more. He is ok defensively, but not a CFer. He has no arm and only average speed. What makes you think that he can actually hit above .300 in the MLs? Willie Harris was always able to post good numbers in the minors and hit over .300, however he doesn't seem to be hitting that in the majors.

Why do you think he is leaving after this year? Why will Reed become a superstar? Have you ever seen Reed play or are you just buying all the hype about him? Olivo was the hardest part of the deal as far as I am concerned. However, if we get Garcia signed long term then this deal should be worth it.

I agree, plus reed has zero power, average at best speed, and no arm. Isn't he just a Mark Kotsay clone? If even that. Most of the people that are upset about losing him have never seen him play and just listen to all the hype surrounding a "prospect." I doubt he turns out to be anything more than an average major league OFer.

I wish him luck too, but I will bet against him becoming any kind of stud.

I wonder how Brando's crow is tasting right about now. Maybe he is waiting until after next weekend.

If Reed ever becomes a better than average player then I will eat crow. I promise you that. I see Borchard becoming a better player than Reed with a lot more tools. Borchard brings a lot more to the table. However, if I am wrong I will eat crow and you can call me on it. I would have no problem with that what so ever.

What is with all the hostilitly? You really need to calm down. This is a message board and if "your language" is so threatened by me then please cease trying to speak mine. You sound like a god damn idiot whenever you try to do so.

Where is the racial stuff coming from? Spanish belongs to a particular race? I never knew. However, your race is brought up every single time you post JoshPR. Your PR flag is flying high. I am not bringing up your race, god forbid a non PR to speak Spanish. Explique porqué. ¿Usted no piensa que necesitamos una jarra que comenzaba? Conseguimos el mejor disponible para de la perspectiva sin energía, de un infielder sin habilidades defensivas, y de un colector de medio tiempo con el juego pobre que llamaba habilidades. Por favor dígame porqué él es un moron. Ahora colgaré para arriba y esperaré a escuchar mi respuesta.

Who says he is a rent a player? I agree if that is all he is then we gave up way too much. He has to be resigned and in every god damn thing I have read and heard KW has said he will do everything he can to resign Garcia. How do you figure he is a f***ing rent a player?

Maybe I should repeat my question in spanish so you can understand it better.

No way do we give up Marte. That is just f'd up. You don't trade left handed relievers who can get out both righties and lefties. Everyone is looking for lefthanded relievers. You don't do that.

Explain why. You dont think we needed a starting pitcher? We got the best one available for an OF prospect with no power, a infielder with no defensive skills, and a part time catcher with poor game calling skills. Please tell me why he is amoron. I will now hang up and listen for my answer.

I love Olivo and hate to see him go. We needed a starter and we got the best one available. Maybe Miguel will come back to us after his contract is up.

Why is that? I would not mind having a starting four of Garcia, Buehrle, Ortiz, and Loaiza. That should get us to the playoffs and deep into it. Why does this deal make the Ortiz/Jones for Rauch/Maggs dead? Please explain.

If Miguel is that good then why is he in a 3 catcher rotatation? If Garcia's production is because of where he plays then isn't Olivo's HR total also the same? Miguel can not hit the breaking ball, he doesn't know how to block the plate, and he is not the best at blocking balls in the dirt. Yes he has a great arm, but sometimes he is not the quickest. I love Olivo and do not want to give him up, but don't make him out to be something he is not. Ben Davis can be just as good as Olivo and he is only 2 years older. Davis is also a switch hitter. He is also supposedly a very good defense catcher with a very strong arm. Not fast, but like a said he is a switch hitter and this lineup can use another left handed batter. We traded for a pitcher who is entering his prime. He just turned 28. having a rotation of Garcia, Buehrle, Loaiza, Garland, and Shoenwies is very strong. I think you have issues with not thinking things through.

Huh? Was this meant to be in green? WOW!

So let me see, you are damned if you do or damned if you don't? The same people that rip the white sox to this day for the white flag deal are the same people that are ripping Kenny for last year's "trading of our future." you can't have it both ways people.

We are not getting Mota. Mota is staying in LA. He isn't going anywhere.

I never knew that to be the case.

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